supergreat
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Recently we had a series of events that we subsequently found to be highly suspect. Our lease is up soon so our landlords asked us if we'd show the house for them.
- We first showed a couple and afterward the landlord said they were taking it and wanted to make final plans for walkthru etc.
- About a week later, they said another potential candidate that was 'friends with the neighbors' wanted to see the house. We showed it to them. They seemed more interested in flipping the house. Asked us more pointed questions - does the sump pump run all spring long when it's wet, do you ever park in the garage. They also looked at several things with the flashlights on their i-phone.
- Lastly, a few days after that, the handyman came over while we were not there to do maintenance on a cpl items. We had been expecting him in the near future, the visit itself was not unexpected.
A few days after that, we receive a stern email of a nature we were not expecting. He said they had gotten feedback from the potential tenants and their handyman and they are not pleased at the condition of their house and this may mean they'll use our security deposit.
Some of these complaints were legitimate but others were blown out of proportion and even one was a know issue he saw from 6 months prior and didn't have any problem with at the time.
We suspect that one or more of these visits were inspections where information was being collected without our knowledge. We know this kind of thing would be difficult to prove but we'd like to know what the law is.
Thanks!!
- We first showed a couple and afterward the landlord said they were taking it and wanted to make final plans for walkthru etc.
- About a week later, they said another potential candidate that was 'friends with the neighbors' wanted to see the house. We showed it to them. They seemed more interested in flipping the house. Asked us more pointed questions - does the sump pump run all spring long when it's wet, do you ever park in the garage. They also looked at several things with the flashlights on their i-phone.
- Lastly, a few days after that, the handyman came over while we were not there to do maintenance on a cpl items. We had been expecting him in the near future, the visit itself was not unexpected.
A few days after that, we receive a stern email of a nature we were not expecting. He said they had gotten feedback from the potential tenants and their handyman and they are not pleased at the condition of their house and this may mean they'll use our security deposit.
Some of these complaints were legitimate but others were blown out of proportion and even one was a know issue he saw from 6 months prior and didn't have any problem with at the time.
We suspect that one or more of these visits were inspections where information was being collected without our knowledge. We know this kind of thing would be difficult to prove but we'd like to know what the law is.
Thanks!!
